After re-watching the Virgin Road episode, I really do hope that the Valk comes with an additional pair of Max and Millia but wearing helmets. Or least some pilots. As I noticed in all the pics thus far (Hobby search and ect) none of them show the virgin road with any missile pods or the gunpod. Hope this won't be the case, as at the end of the episode it did do battle?
As for the VE, I still feel it needs missile pods and the gunpod options. It is after all a long range reconnaissance plane, and does need some form of defence, albeit even though it can't mount a gunpod, but at least some missiles?